Old-Salt

LE

"I firmly believe that we should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerrilla war." George Bush Snr, A World Transformed, 1998

LE

I've obviously drunk too much Black Douglas Ale, as I'm about to attempt a serious answer...SRR were set up to carry out covert surveillance, thus freeing up SAS soldiers for direct action missions. The SRR is a tri-Service unit, with many Operators having previously served with 14 Int.

Because they were set up after the non-disclosure forms were introduced, you will not find any SRR-porn books.

There. Now if you'll excuse me, the contents of my stomach have an urgent appointment with the cludgy...

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

LE

I'm getting a hard on, what with all this talk about THEM, black tape and 'direct action'.

Any second now, Dinger and Stan will be 'eyes on' the target, pulling out their 9mm's from their jeans, and 'giving the good news' to the 'player'. Or screaming round corners in a Saab, firing their 'longs' through the windows.

LE

I'm getting a hard on, what with all this talk about THEM, black tape and 'direct action'.

Any second now, Dinger and Stan will be 'eyes on' the target, pulling out their 9mm's from their jeans, and 'giving the good news' to the 'player'. Or screaming round corners in a Saab, firing their 'longs' through the windows.

In fact members of Disguise Troop, G Sqn SSR have to grow only one half of a moustache, in that they may whip off their Oakleys or Ray bans and offer the opposite profile providing, thus an instant tactical change of apperance. This SOP applies to both male and female members of the Troop.

The reversible WindStopper (TM) fleece and matching TNF Shemagh, is still under wraps in Ops Research.

If you want to stay in the TA you could ask your Adjutant about Operation EMPATHISE, pre selection for service with R Bty, ( Caubeen's Own), 49 PARA RHA (V).

No matter how poweful one's armies, in order to enter a country one needs the goodwill of the inhabitants.